2&period;ConstructionAluminum clad steel wire is a piece of round wire made of a round steel core clad with a uniform and continuous aluminum layer&period; By structure ratio of steel and aluminum&comma; aluminum clad steel wire has different grades&comma; LB14&comma; LB20&comma; LB23&comma; LB27&comma; LB30&comma; LB35 and LB40&comma; with corresponding electric conductivities of 14&percnt;&comma; 20&period;3&percnt;&comma; 23&percnt;&comma; 27&percnt;&comma; 30&percnt;&comma; 35&percnt; and 40&percnt; IACS &lpar;IACS stands for International Annealed Copper Standard&rpar;&period; Featured by high strength&comma; corrosion resistance and high conductivity&comma; etc&period;

3&period;ApplicationsAluminum clad steel wire is widely used in coastal areas&comma; volcano areas&comma; salt atmosphere areas and overhead power line used in areas seriously polluted by industrial materials containing SO2&comma; NO and CO2&comma; etc&period; It's the optimum material for transmission conductor with kilometric span and carrier cable for electrified railways&period;

4&period;FeaturesACS conductors are similar to conventional ACSR with some very important additional advantages&period; ACS can operate continuously at high temperatures up to 250C without damage&comma; allowing for a significant increase in conductor current-carrying capacity&period; ACSS sags less under emergency electrical loadings than ACSR&comma; it is self-damping&comma; and its final sags are not affected by long-term creep of the aluminum&period;&lpar;1&rpar;improved conductivity&lpar;2&rpar;better self-damping property&lpar;3&rpar;very low sag at high temperature&lpar;4&rpar;high current carrying capacity&lpar;5&rpar;excellent immunity to vibration fatigue&lpar;6&rpar;long term creep of aluminum does not affect final sag